Teknevra@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to QueerDefenseFront@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months ago"Sex is the gendering of the body" explainedlemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
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minus-squarepixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoScience doesn’t group us into 2 sexes though, only people who think they know what sex is do that. There’s more than 2 sexes… If you try and tell any experienced biologist there’s only 2 sexes, they’ll probably laugh at you. I’d assume people who assert there are only 2 sexes, probably also think mushrooms are plants.
minus-squareNat (she/they)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThinking of sex as any number of discrete buckets is still wrong! There are many continuous values that constitute what we think of as sex.
Science doesn’t group us into 2 sexes though, only people who think they know what sex is do that.
There’s more than 2 sexes…
If you try and tell any experienced biologist there’s only 2 sexes, they’ll probably laugh at you.
I’d assume people who assert there are only 2 sexes, probably also think mushrooms are plants.
Thinking of sex as any number of discrete buckets is still wrong! There are many continuous values that constitute what we think of as sex.